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December 5, 2024
School of Music student Flora Cummings is known to her teachers and community for excelling in a variety of settings both on and off the concert stage. An undergraduate viola student of Melia Watras double majoring in Music and Wildlife Conservation, Cummings serves as co-principal violist of the UW Symphony, performs in the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra and the Leonore Chamber Orchestra, competes in Scottish highland dance competitions, and enjoys performing Scottish music with her family,... Read more
December 4, 2024
School of Music faculty report recent career milestones, new appointments, artistic achievements, publications, and other notable accomplishments.
Michael Brockman, Saxophone
Artist-in-residence Michael Brockman (saxophone) is celebrating his 30th year as the Artistic Director of the award-winning Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra (SRJO) with a season of concerts at Seattle's Benaroya Hall. Season performances include Duke Ellington's "Far East Suite" (Nov. 9 and 10), a... Read more
December 4, 2024
Music History professor Frederick Reece and his research on musical forgeries are cited extensively in "The Lost Haydn Sonatas," Episode Three of a five-episode series, Classical Deceptions, by journalist Phil Hebblethwaite on the BBC Radio 3 program "The Essay."
Episode Synopsis
The EssayClassical Deceptions: The Lost Haydn Sonatas
Thirty years ago, the classical music world hailed the discovery of six lost Haydn sonatas. Only it soon turned out... Read more
November 27, 2024
Seattle Times writer Azaria Podplesky remembers flutist Gary Stroutsos, longtime Seattle resident renowned for his work with the North American indigenous flute and member of the Öngtupqa Trio, which Stroutsos formed with Hopi singer Clark Tenakhongva and percussionist Matt Nelson. The trio performed at the University of Washington in April 2024 as part of a three-day residency organized by associate professor John-Carlos Perea and adjunct professor Jessica Bissett Perea. Stroutsos... Read more
November 27, 2024
A new and fulfilling career path at the University of Washington for Tory Johnston includes teaching in the American Indian Studies department and hosting an indigenous music show on KEXP radio, and it all came about thanks to encouragement from Jessica Bissett Perea, associate professor of American Indian Studies and adjunct faculty in Music History.
Bissett Perea’s Indigenous-led and Indigeneity-centered work, Johnston says in a recent UW News article by Lauren Kirschman, changed his ... Read more
November 21, 2024
School of Music faculty, students, and alumni were saddened to hear of the passing of longtime School of Music collaborative pianist Kristine Anderson, who died in September 2024 at her home in Seattle. Active in the larger Seattle music community, she frequently worked with the UW flute studio as well as the Seattle Flute Society and other area arts organizations.
"The flute studio has cherished the time and expertise Kristine shared over the many years," said Donna Shin, flutist and chair... Read more
November 21, 2024
Former School of Music viola professor Yizhak Schotten died suddenly on September 23, 2024 at age 81. He served on the School of Music faculty from 1979 to the early 1980s and in 1985 accepted a position as professor of music at the University of Michigan, which he held for nearly 40 years. A former member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Israeli-born violist later held principal positions with the Cincinnati and Houston Symphony Orchestras.
Schotten studied at Indiana University and the ... Read more
November 20, 2024
Students, educators, and community members interested in participatory music-making gather at the University of Washington November 21-24 for a Seattle Participatory Arts Network conference. This four-day gathering will focus on participatory practices, especially music and dance, that encourage people of diverse skills and abilities to engage creatively.
Events are at the UW Waterfront Activities Center (3710 Montlake Blvd NE, Seattle, WA 98195) and the Seattle Amistad School (1501 10th Ave E... Read more
October 31, 2024
By Stephanie ManningClevelandclassical.com
The Quince Ensemble doesn’t specialize in instant gratification. The vocal quartet likes “slow music,” as soprano Amanda DeBoer Bartlett has explained in interviews, and she repeated that sentiment onstage on October 16. “Not slow in tempo, but slow in development.”
That ethos can also form the arc of entire programs, as Quince demonstrated to its audience at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Before the concert in Mixon Hall reached its apex with... Read more
